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            <title>The Year of the Snake brings a sting or five in its tail </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Having just come back from a visit to China, it is very clear that expectations for the New Year (February 10) are more subdued than last year.
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            <title>Why job cuts and gender equality matter to the economy</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In virtually all sectors of the paid workforce women are underrepresented in leadership positions, at a time when both the Government and the Opposition are foreshadowing cuts in public service positions without reference to increasing gender equality. 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>'Tis the season for economic forecasts </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Look back to a year ago and compare the gloom and doom merchants' predictions against the reality of the slow but steady recovery.
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:42:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Make the most of it</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[We now enter the peak of the retail season and the wind down for many small and medium enterprises. 
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Hey Glenn, give us a break!</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week represents the last chance this year for Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens to give us all a break. Retailers and real estate agents are urging the RBA to deliver a Christmas plum pudding.
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Making it to a Merry Christmas</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The fiscal cliff in the USA, financial crises in Europe and the political reconstruction of the Arab Spring provide the bulk of business concerns for small businesses. This leads to sluggish demand, late payment and restricted access to credit with adverse consequences for sales, investment, financial well-being and business confidence. 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The three-week forecast: Heavy bouts of 'madmiration' and 'electionitus' </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the US election results and the gender bending agenda of old media warriors show, there are millions of customers out there with their own agendas and aspirations. 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:27:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Yesterday's gender agenda...again or still? </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This week sees a "more of the same" scene replay of last year's results with the same men's top teams firmly locked into yesterday's agenda. Currently, just 14.6% of board positions in ASX top 200 companies are held by women, leading to yesterday's efforts by PM Julia Gillard to change the course of "his story" (sic). 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:42:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>The finance ministers' spring carnival </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[On the day before that race, there will be a very different race being run in Mexico City. This will be the pre-US election meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors deciding how fast to keep their printing presses running. 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:29:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title>Suspended animation in banking and finance is freezing growth for SMEs </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[With increasing numbers of households looking for work, and two million people saying that they are unemployed or underemployed, we are now in a state of suspended animation. 
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            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:52:46 GMT</pubDate>
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